diff --git a/macros.python2 b/macros.python2
index 434c2c6..696f6a4 100644
--- a/macros.python2
+++ b/macros.python2
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@
 # these might be still in use somewhere
 %py_compile(O)	\
 find %1 -name '*.pyc' -exec rm -f {} \\; \
-python -c "import sys, os, compileall; br='%{buildroot}'; compileall.compile_dir(sys.argv[1], ddir=br and (sys.argv[1][len(os.path.abspath(br)):]+'/') or None)" %1 \
+python2 -c "import sys, os, compileall; br='%{buildroot}'; compileall.compile_dir(sys.argv[1], ddir=br and (sys.argv[1][len(os.path.abspath(br)):]+'/') or None)" %1 \
 %{-O: \
 find %1 -name '*.pyo' -exec rm -f {} \\; \
-python -O -c "import sys, os, compileall; br='%{buildroot}'; compileall.compile_dir(sys.argv[1], ddir=br and (sys.argv[1][len(os.path.abspath(br)):]+'/') or None)" %1 \
+python2 -O -c "import sys, os, compileall; br='%{buildroot}'; compileall.compile_dir(sys.argv[1], ddir=br and (sys.argv[1][len(os.path.abspath(br)):]+'/') or None)" %1 \
 }
 %py_requires(d) \
 BuildRequires: /usr/bin/python %{-d:python-devel} \
diff --git a/python-base.changes b/python-base.changes
index 734ee8a..9ff967c 100644
--- a/python-base.changes
+++ b/python-base.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Nov  2 16:53:42 UTC 2017 - mpluskal@suse.com
+
+- Call python2 instead of python in macros
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Aug 17 08:58:02 CEST 2017 - kukuk@suse.de